需 → 艮
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷳
艮
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramHeaven → MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
黍稷苗稻，垂秀方造。中旱不雨，傷風枯槁。
Millet, grain, rice seedlings, and paddy; grain-heads form and begin to swell. Mid-season drought with no rain; blighted by wind, they wither and dry.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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